Air Quality News Headlines

The 24-hour average AQI was 413 on Wednesday, 379 on Tuesday and 295 on Monday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data.

The 24-hour air quality index in Delhi was 413 according to the 4pm bulletin by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the concentration of fine PM10 particles and ultra-fine PM2.5 particles were close breaching the emergency thresholds.

It was 302 on Monday, 274 on Sunday, 251 on Saturday, 296 on Friday and 283 on Thursday. The capital's AQI was in the severe category on November 15, a day after Diwali, but later improved and remai

The Delhi Government on Tuesday submitted a petition to the Air Quality Management Commission (AQMC) and demanded the commission to make uses of bio-decomposer technique mandatory for all the states like Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the technique will stop stubble burning and also

A fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site Tuesday night, burning for almost 24 hours before firefighters could bring in under control. This comes even as the capital's air quality worsened to severe on Wednesday. A call was received around 10 pm Tuesday about the fire. Delhi Fire Service Chief Atul Garg said, "Firemen []

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a sharp spike in pollution levels on Wednesday, according to data from the Central and state pollution control bodies

A combination of extremely high number of stubble fires in Punjab, low to calm winds in the region and subsidence of air had led to Delhi recording severe air quality for six days consecutively since November 5 this month.

Air quality monitoring stations in east Delhi, which are closer to the landfill showed a major spike in pollution levels. At Patparganj, the levels were 423 and at Anand Vihar, the average AQI reading shot up to 445 at 1pm

On Tuesday, the citys air quality index (AQI) had settled at 379, in very poor zone, according to the 24-hour rolling average of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recordings at 4pm

The citys air quality index (AQI) on Tuesday settled at 379, in very poor zone, according to the 24-hour rolling average of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recordings at 4pm.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) mobile application SAMEER, the city's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 361 in the morning.

AAP MLA and chairperson of the Environment Committee of Delhi Assembly Atishi on Monday met the newly-appointed panel for Air Quality Management and urged it to hold chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana liable for causing pollution in the national capital. Talking to the media after the meeting, Atishi said two